Betydning af live på engelsk

• 0 to have life; to be alive

  • a threat to virtually everything that lives on the planet.

• 1 to survive

  • The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live.

  • It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.

• 2 to have one’s home or dwelling (in a particular place)

  • She lives next to the church.

  • They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.

• 3 to pass (one’s life)

  • He lived a life of luxury.

  • She lives in fear of being attacked.

• 4 (with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself

  • He lives by fishing.

• 5 having life; not dead

  • a live mouse.

• 6 (of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded

  • I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television

  • Was the performance live or recorded?

• 7 full of energy, and capable of becoming active

  • a live bomb

• 8 burning

  • a live coal.

• 9 (of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place

  • The competition will be broadcast live.